The First King of the Belgians
Born into European royalty , The first King King of the Belgians, Leopold I , reigned for more than 30 years from 1831 until his death in 1865.
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Leopold the 2nd and the Nightmare of the Belgian Congo
Lepold spent long winters in luxurious quarters on the French Riviera, and was estranged from two of his three daughters. Moreover, he had a well-known penchant for teenaged girls, and, when he was age 65, he began a liaison with a teenaged former prostitute who bore him two additional children.
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Palm springs’ famous Marilyn Monroe sculpture
The museum also has an impressive collection of modern art , including pieces by Anish Kapoor and Ed Ruscha as well as a western art collection and works by Mexican artists.
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Palm Springs‘ desert oases
Streams from the melting snows of the San Bernidido Mountains watered the canyons here which were carved out over millennia.
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Atmospheric Rivers
The growing frequency and intensity of storms amid bouts of prolonged drought are symptomatic of human-caused climate change, experts say.
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